Classes of documents in the Essex Record Office used

Page xviii

A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2001.

Citation:

LIST OF CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE ESSEX RECORD OFFICE

USED IN THIS VOLUME WITH THEIR CLASS NUMBERS

The records are divided between the main office at Chelmsford and the branch office at Colchester. Most of the records relating to the parishes (except Earls Colne, Colne Engaine, and White Colne) in the present volume, other than official County Records, are held at Colchester.



Acc.	Uncatalogued accessions
County Council of Essex
C/DA	Architect's Department
C/DP	Deposited Parliamentary Plans
C/ME	Education Committee Minutes
C/T	Title Deeds of Properties
Deposited Records
D/AB	Bishop of London, Commissary in Essex and Herts.
D/AC	Archdeacon of Colchester
D/AZ	Archdeacons, Miscellaneous Extracts and Indexes
D/B	Borough Records
D/C	Diocesan Records
	D/CC	Consecrations
	D/CF	Faculty Papers
	D/CFa	Copy Faculties
	D/CI	Deeds of Presentation by the Crown, Duchy of Lancaster, and Oxford and Cambridge colleges
	D/CP	Deeds and Abstracts of Title of Parsonages, Glebes, and Advowsons
	D/CPc	Orders in Council
	D/CT	Tithe Apportionments and Maps
	D/CZ	Bills, Acts, correspondence, etc., relating to the creation of the diocese of Chelmsford
D/D	Estate and Family (many sub-classes, D/DA to D/DZ)
D/E	Ruridecanal records
D/F	Business
D/J	Parish Council Records
D/NB	Nonconformist, Baptist
D/NM	Nonconformist, Methodist
D/P	Parish Records
D/RLw	Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council
D/Z	Miscellaneous Archives
Education Records
E/ML	School Log Books
E/MM	School Managers
E/Z	Schools (Miscellaneous)
Poor Law Guardians
G/LwM	Lexden and Winstree Union
Court of Quarter Sessions
Q/AB	County Bridges
Q/CP	Clerk of the Peace, Precedents
Q/CR	Clerk of the Peace, Parliamentary Returns
Q/RDc	Enclosure Maps and Awards
Q/RHi	Highways, Diversions, Closures, Widening
Q/RLv	Alehouse Recognizances
Q/RRo	Oaths and Declarations
Q/RRp	Papists' Estates, Registers
Q/RSf	Friendly Societies
Q/RSr	Charities
Q/RSt	Prosecution of Felons, Tyburn Ticket Roll
Q/RTh	Hearth Tax Assessments
Q/SBa	Sessions Bundles, Early
Q/SBb	Sessions Bundles, Later
Q/SBc	Sessions Bundles, loose papers
Q/SO	Order Books
Q/SR	Sessions Rolls
Sound Archive
S/A	Transcripts
T/A	Originals in Public Repositories
T/B	Originals in Private Custody
T/M	Maps
T/P	Materials for Parish Histories
T/R	Parish Registers
T/Z	Miscellaneous